To find the state average funding per student, go here: http://www.ride.ri.gov/Finance/funding/Uniform%20Chart%20of%20Accounts/2010/state.htm
and look in the pdf entitled: "FY10 Equalized Per Pupil District - Each District and Statewide" Note: Before leaving this page, you should take note and reconcile this page with Kozol's argument in the first chapter of Shame of the Nation.
Summary Paragraph(s) Bristol exceeds all state targets regarding school attendance and has a lower chronic absenteeism rate than the state. Also, the four year graduation rate is higher than the states average and the percent dropped out is lower. Due to less students dropping out of school, Bristol has a lower GED percentage than the states average and a higher percentage of students still in school. In 2009, a higher percentage of students graduated in Bristol than in the overall state. However, more students needed five years to graduate in Bristol than the state. Overall, Bristol’s school system is functioning properly, generally surpassing all state targets listed. A students going through the Bristol school district has a very good chance at graduating with a diploma.
The number of suspensions in the district and in the state increase as the students go higher in education. Elementary schools in the district have 52 incedents of suspension and state elementary schools have 2914 incidents. Middle schools follow a similar trend, Bristol Warren has 169 incedents and the state has 14730 inceidents. Bristol Warren high schools have 2133 incedents of suspension and the state has 24491 suspension incedents. All of the suspensions are from the 2009 to 2010 school year.
The student indicators including the mobility index and the stability index for the state and for Bristol Warren are very similar. The general trend is the stability index for the district is greater than in the state throughout elementary school, middle school and high school. The mobility index in the district is a smaller percent then in the state. Overall these differences balanced out.
On average Bristol Warren has considerable funding and resources. Bristol Warren falls between East Greenwich, an affluent Rhode Island Community and Central Falls a poorer school district in Rhode Island.
State and District Data Collection
Safe & Supportive Schools • Funding & Resources
Use the InfoWorks Live website at http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/ to collect the necessary data to describe your school district.
Safe and Supportive Schools
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Attendance
Funding and Resources
For definitions, go to http://infoworks.ride.ri.gov/funding-and-resources/definitions-and-background
http://www.ride.ri.gov/Finance/funding/Uniform%20Chart%20of%20Accounts/2010/state.htm
and look in the pdf entitled: "FY10 Equalized Per Pupil District - Each District and Statewide" Note: Before leaving this page, you should take note and reconcile this page with Kozol's argument in the first chapter of Shame of the Nation.
Summary Paragraph(s)
Bristol exceeds all state targets regarding school attendance and has a lower chronic absenteeism rate than the state. Also, the four year graduation rate is higher than the states average and the percent dropped out is lower. Due to less students dropping out of school, Bristol has a lower GED percentage than the states average and a higher percentage of students still in school. In 2009, a higher percentage of students graduated in Bristol than in the overall state. However, more students needed five years to graduate in Bristol than the state. Overall, Bristol’s school system is functioning properly, generally surpassing all state targets listed. A students going through the Bristol school district has a very good chance at graduating with a diploma.
The number of suspensions in the district and in the state increase as the students go higher in education. Elementary schools in the district have 52 incedents of suspension and state elementary schools have 2914 incidents. Middle schools follow a similar trend, Bristol Warren has 169 incedents and the state has 14730 inceidents. Bristol Warren high schools have 2133 incedents of suspension and the state has 24491 suspension incedents. All of the suspensions are from the 2009 to 2010 school year.
The student indicators including the mobility index and the stability index for the state and for Bristol Warren are very similar. The general trend is the stability index for the district is greater than in the state throughout elementary school, middle school and high school. The mobility index in the district is a smaller percent then in the state. Overall these differences balanced out.
On average Bristol Warren has considerable funding and resources. Bristol Warren falls between East Greenwich, an affluent Rhode Island Community and Central Falls a poorer school district in Rhode Island.